When I am writing, I am finding it distracting to listen to the TV, the radio, podacsts, or regular rock or pop music. I thought I was just being picky, but then I discovered Ludovico Einaudi. There are no words in the music, and I quite enjoy listening to him while I write. The key (for me) is no words in the music. I know all about Mozart and Beethoven, hoping for something off the beaten path a bit.

Does anyone have any "instrumental" recommendations (artists, albums, etc). (Every one is entitled to an opinion so please don't be shy!) Hoping to expand my music tastes. Many thanks!

IIRC, Eric Clapton released an album of nothing but jam sessions (with friends... I think an Allman appears on it, maybe one or two others...) It's just fantastic.

Holst's "Mars: The Bringer of War" is absolutely fantastic, and I swear that when I hear it, I hear EVERY SINGLE SCI-FI underscore and theme in it. I believe it is a considerable source of a LOT of later TV and movie music.

Karl, if you're looking for music that won't distract you while you're writing, I highly suggest searching out a series of instrumental music under the "LIFESCAPES" banner... you can probably find some used CD's on Amazon, or I imagine most, if not all, are available somewhere for download.

There were over a dozen or so of these titles sold almost exclusively at Target about 5 or 6 years ago, and I got in the habit of picking up most of them back then, when my kids were much younger and needed some soft music to lull them to sleep at night. Most of them are so good, I got to listening to them all on my own as well.

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